Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Virgin Islands instead of Montserrat, you would:

Health

live 5.1 years longer

In Montserrat, the average life expectancy is 76 years (77 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 26.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Montserrat, approximately 10.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Virgin Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 15.3% more likely to have internet access

In Montserrat, approximately 56.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Virgin Islands, about 64.8% do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 4.7 times more coastline

Montserrat has a total of 40 km of coastline. In Virgin Islands, that number is 188 km.

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Infrastructure

find 86.1% less home broadband

Montserrat has 72.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Virgin Islands has 10.1 as of 2022.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2021–2022), World Bank (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

Compare further: Montserrat vs. Virgin Islands

Size Comparison · See true size
Montserrat is about 19 times smaller than Virgin Islands.
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Moving from Montserrat to Virgin Islands · UN DESA 2020
779 people born in Montserrat live in Virgin Islands.
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Virgin Islands: At a glance

Virgin Islands (sometimes abbreviated USVI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 346 sq km. The Danes secured control over the southern Virgin Islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix during the 17th and early 18th centuries. Sugarcane, produced by African slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish holdings, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.
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